FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
SIDELINES JULY 2014 93
Laurie shows off her skills in the ring.
Photo courtesy of Laurie Jueneman
two hours in each direction to teach her clients there. One rider
was 5 years old when she started teaching her and now the young
lady is 15. “Those relationships are very important to me,” Laurie
said.
Hard work and commitment to her clients has paid off. At
the 2013 Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, two Snowfield Farm riders finished in the Top 10
in the Junior Hunters. “That’s a big deal,” she said. “I’m proud of
what we’ve been able to accomplish.”
A Bright Future
The 2014 show season promises to be another exceptional
year.
Linda, Laurie’s 72 year-old mother, claimed Reserve Champion
at the Thermal, California, show. “It was her first show in six years,”
Laurie said, beaming. The win was bittersweet as she claimed her
victory aboard a 16-year-old Hanoverian mare, Dolce, formerly
owned by one of Laurie’s longtime customers who lost a battle
with lung and ovarian cancer in December 2013.
A few weeks later, Laurie won the Pre-Green Hunter Classic
riding a horse imported from Holland. “We got a score of 92; that’s
the highest score I’ve ever received as a hunter rider,” she said. “It
was a special moment for me to win that on my own horse.”
Laurie attributes her success to surrounding herself with an
excellent team of support staff, each of whom have strong skills.
Conner Reid and Steve Johnson in Parker and Liz Wood and
Rebecca Hollister in Vail play a critical role in her business. “It
takes all of us to make it work,” she said.
Laurie also attributes her success to riding under Bobby
Dreyer and Jane Schweiger and training under Frank Conway
in Cincinnati, Holly Hugo-Vidal in Memphis, Ben Guanciale in
Philadelphia and Steve Wall in Wisconsin.
“I’ve always tried to take as much from the many talented people
I had the opportunity to work with and all have shared their gifts of
teaching with me,” she concluded.
About the writer: Katie Navarra has worked as a freelance writer since 2001. She
has been a lifelong horse lover and owns a dun Quarter Horse mare she competes
with.
